Meaning and cognition : a multidisciplinary approach / edited by Liliana Albertazzi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Albertazzi, Liliana.

Series:

Converging evidence in language and communication research ; v. 2.

Converging evidence in language and communication research, ISSN 1566-7774 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics--Psychological aspects.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

269 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Various features of the space of semantic conceptualization, and specifically position, obstacles, path and motion, are discussed in the essay. These characteristics of conceptual space are applied to the dynamics of field semantics on the basis of concepts from Gestalt theory. Wildgen's main contentions are that there exist different geometries of lexical fields, and that there is a linear array of ideas, concepts and words, the extremes of which may be glued together. He argues these theses by drawing on such authors as Lullus (linear field), Bruno (regular surface, as a sort of generative mechanism of infinite spaces filling the system), Peirce and Lewin. Some aspects of Wildgen's treatment - those concerning antonomy, hyponomy, synonymy and metonymy - are also covered by Violi's essay in this book. Others - in particular the schemes of path and barrier, the concept of routes - are discussed in the essays by Albertazzi (force dynamics), Croft and Wood (phenomenological and Gestalt approach) and Peruzzi (semantic fields).

Contents:

Meaning and Cognition

Editorial page

Title page

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Table of contents

Chapter 1. Which semantics?

Chapter 2. Why mind is necessary: Conceptualization,grammar and linguistic semantics

Chapter 3. What is Montague semantics?

Chapter 4. Construal operations in linguistics and artificial intelligence

Chapter 5. Salience phenomena in the lexicon: A typology

Chapter 6. Prototypicality, typicality and context

Chapter 7. Directions and perspective points in spatial perception

Chapter 8. Force and emotion

Chapter 9. The geometric roots of semantics

Chapter 10. The history and future of field semantics: From Giordano Bruno to dynamic semantics

Notes

References

Glossary

Name index

Subject index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612254895

9789027299727

9027299722

9781282254893

1282254898

9780585461847

0585461848

OCLC:

70768148